by Deja Dragovic | Jan 27, 2014 | arebelwithacause, Blogs, Deja Dragovic, Essays
In recent years there have been louder and wider warnings about energy conservation, urging everyone to minimize consumption of resources by reducing the need for excessive energy use. Still, we consume. Still, we demand. We shop mindlessly, rampantly, grabbing sales...
by Deja Dragovic | Aug 1, 2013 | Blogs, Deja Dragovic
The richest sentence I’ve ever read said that “wealth is not the possession of abundance, rather it’s the freedom from need”. Unfortunately, as long as the pursuit of money drives our society, and is synonymous with success, recognition, and even respect, we will...
by Deja Dragovic | Aug 1, 2013 | Blogs, Deja Dragovic
“You are not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your f’n khakis” (Palanhiuk. Fight Club) Why do we accumulate ‘stuff’? One side of the argument is that we have...
by Deja Dragovic | Aug 1, 2013 | Blogs, Deja Dragovic
Here’s an idea: brands should pay us to wear their clothes because we are walking advertisements: GAP across a chest, JUICY across a butt, a swish on a backpack, a puma on a foot – they are all free ads (no, not even free, they’re all endorsements: hey, this company...
by Deja Dragovic | Aug 1, 2013 | Blogs, Deja Dragovic
A few years ago I read a book called ‘Voluntary Simplicity’ (1977) by Elgin & Mitchell, which is about people who are living a simpler life, and why they are doing it. What’s the appeal there, hello, it’s the Millennium! NOT to be confused with the back-to-nature...
by Deja Dragovic | Aug 1, 2013 | Deja Dragovic
When the few possessions that have certain value to us go missing (are stolen, lost, damaged) – the problem lies not in replacing them or recovering their financial value. It is emotional value – and especially their worth in terms of memory or intellectual property...
